# Accident 19740501010279A: Cessna 170B, Farewell, AK, May 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1974
- Place: Farewell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Aircraft: N2981D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2981D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,228 total, 724 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAH03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAH03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740501010279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED ON FROZEN RIVER. GR BROKE THRU ICE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74DAH03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAH03), May 1, 1974: Cessna 170 (N2981D), Farewell, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2981D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050426009089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050426009089A), Apr 26, 2005: Cessna 170B (N2981D), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Following landing on Anchorage Merrill field (pamr) runway 24, the PIC failed to fully negotiate a right turn from the runway to taxiway juliet and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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